Danzig earned the night’s “Knockout of the Night” award, Bocek and Miller split the “Submission of the Night” bonus, and St-Pierre and Koscheck each earned “Fight of the Night” honors.
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(www.mmajunkie.com) learned of the bonus winners and award amounts while at UFC 124’s post-event press conference.

UFC 124 took place at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The night’s main card aired on pay-per-view, and two preliminary-card fights streamed for free on UFC.com.

The bonus amounts tied for the most lucrative the UFC ever has paid out. Not since the historic UFC 100 event in 2009 have UFC officials handed out $100,000 awards. The amounts usually rise when an event proves a big draw with significant gate amounts, and in that department, Montreal has delivered. The previous three Montreal events – UFC 113 ($65,000 bonuses), UFC 97 ($70,000) and UFC 83 ($75,000) – all featured lucrative fight-night awards.

For the first time in company history, fans voted online for the “Fight of the Night” winners – much to UFC president Dana White’s chagrin.

“They blew it,” joked White, who told MMAjunkie.com the fan voting will be a one-time thing.

St-Pierre defended his welterweight title with a lopsided unanimous-decision victory over Koscheck, his rival coach on “The Ultimate Fighter 12,” in the headliner. While a dominant performance for St-Pierre, the “Fight of the Night” awards usually are given to fighters in close and competitive bouts. Sean Pierson’s preliminary-card win over Matthew Riddle likely should have won the award for the two welterweights, though the fan vote gave the nod to the main-event fighters.

Miller and Bocek scored the night’s only submission wins. Miller used a kneebar to force a tap-out from highly touted lightweight Charles Oliveira in a main-card bout, and Bocek secured a triangle choke from top position to force an end to his UFC.com-streamed fight with fellow jiu-jitsu ace and lightweight Dustin Hazelett.

Danzig got his bonus for scoring a first-round knockout of fellow “TUF” winner Joe Stevenson. Danzig delivered a perfectly placed left punch to the chin, and Stevenson tumbled face first into the canvas from the blow.

For more on UFC 124, including the night’s official results, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.